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Atlas Copco Compressors has achieved three new certifications for its operations in the UK following the completion of a nationwide training programme focusing on the management of quality, health and safety and environmental impact. The triple certification comprises ISO 9001for quality, ISO14001 for environment and OHSAS18001 for safety.

Steve Matthews, Atlas Copco’s newly appointed QSHE Manager said: “Achieving these global benchmark standards adds to the company’s credibility and boosts confidence in its products and services. It demonstrates the company’s determination to deliver quality systems through tested procedures, while ensuring its management systems provide staff focus and discipline within a compliant framework.”

Achieving triple certification has enabled Atlas Copco Compressors to adopt a systematic approach to continual management improvement within its operations in the UK, thereby reducing waste, improving resource efficiency and minimising running costs.

The ISO 9001 standard relates to quality management systems and is designed to help organisations ensure that, while meeting statutory and regulatory requirements related to their products, they are able to increase customer and stakeholder satisfaction through the delivery of quality products and services.

The ISO 14001 standard is an integral part of the European Union’s Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), which concerns performance improvement, legal compliance and reporting duties. This environmental management standard is designed to help organisations minimise how their operations and processes negatively affect the environment and to comply with applicable laws, regulations and other requirements.

OHSAS 18000 is an international occupational health and safety management system specification, designed to minimise risk to employees and implement improvement to an existing OH&S management system. Central to achieving OHSAS certification are strong policies and procedures to demonstrate a company’s due diligence and provide assurance on all health and safety issues.

Atlas Copco has also set its sights on achieving ISO 50001 and plans to help customers secure a 20% improvement in energy efficiency by 2020. Additional training packages are already in place for management and staff to meet the new international standard for energy management, building upon the original BS 16001 standard. Its purpose is to enable an organisation to follow a systematic approach in achieving continual improvement in energy performance, including energy efficiency, energy security, energy use and consumption. The standard aims to help organisations continually reduce their energy use, energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions.

Atlas Copco Compressors is the GB sales and service operation of the Atlas Copco Group providing oil-free and oil-injected stationary air compressors, gas and process compressors, turbo expanders, nitrogen generators, air treatment equipment (such as compressed air dryers, coolers, and filters) air management systems, and custom designed engineered packages. 

Atlas Copco Compressors’ sales and distribution network means that specialist compressed air advice and service is always within easy reach. A team of over 80 service engineers operates across the country, to ensure maximum running efficiency and minimum downtime at its customers' sites.

In the United Kingdom, Atlas Copco also handles the sales and marketing of construction and mining equipment, portable compressors and electric power generators, industrial power tools and assembly systems – all backed up by a nationwide sales, distribution, service and maintenance network. 

Atlas Copco is a world-leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions. The Group serves customers with innovative compressors, vacuum solutions and air treatment systems, construction and mining equipment, power tools and assembly systems. Atlas Copco develops products and service focused on productivity, energy efficiency, safety and ergonomics.  The company was founded in 1873, is based in Stockholm, Sweden, and has a global reach spanning more than 180 countries. In 2013, Atlas Copco had revenues of BSEK 84 (BEUR 9.7) and more than 40 000 employees.Learn more at www.atlascopco.com.

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For further company information contact Joanna Canton Long on 01442 222240.